Garment fastener



I. D. WAGNER GARMENT FASTENEH Filed June 2. 1923 11m :0. WAGNER, or s'r.Louis, ivirssonnr.

GARMENT FASTENER.

Application filed June 2,

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IRA D. WAGNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis, in the county of St. Louis and State of Missouri,have inyented certain new and useful Improvements ina Garment Fastener,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garment fasteners, and has for its primeobject to provide a novel constructed fastener adapted to be employedfor use at any place on a garment which requires the use of a fastenersimilar to the old form of hook and eye.

A further object of the invention is to provide a fastener which willsecurely hold the edges of a garment in a closed position and soconstructed as to eliminate any possibility of the garment becomingaccidentally unfastened.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a garment fastenerof the above indicated character, which comprises two separate membersadapted to be fastened to opposite edges of a garment and which areadapted to be brought into engagement with each other and securelylocked therewith until such time as the garment is to be removed.

And a still further object of the invention is to provide a garmentfastener of the above indicated character, whereby one member of thefastener is provided with means for guiding and receiving the oppositemember of the fastener and whereby one member of the fastener isprovided with a thumb grip so that the said fastening members can bereadily disengaged.

Another object of the invention is to provide a garment fastener, whichis simple in construction, durable, efficient for the purpose intended,and one that can be manufactured and placed on the market for sale at arelatively low'cost.

These and like objects of the invention will be better understood as thedescription follows and as is specifically pointed out in the appendedclaims.

Referring to the accompanying drawing which forms a part of thisspecification,

Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of a garment equipped with afastener constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is an end elevation of my improved garment fastener.

Figure 3 is a vertical section through my improved garment fastener.

Serial No. 642,962.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of one of the fastening members, and

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the cooperating fastening member.

Referring to the accompanying drawing in detail, like characters will beused to designate like parts in the different views.

In the drawing, the numeral l-indicates a garment and 2 the opposingedges of same, which are adapted to be closed by means of my improvedgarment fastener.

My improved fastener comprises two separate members, which are indicatedby the numerals 3 and 4 respectively. The member 3 which isapproximately U-shaped is constructed from a single piece of springmetal and is adapted to be secured by stitching or any other desirablefastening means to the fold along the edge of the garment 2 as at 5. Theupper portion of the. member 3 which is indicated by the numeral 6 isprovided with an elongated aperture 7, the purpose of which will bebetter understood as the description follows, while the free edge of theportion 6 has the end of same flared upwardly as at 8.

The member 4 is a flat plate having one end adapted to be secured to thefold of the garment as at 9, in a manner similar to the fastening of themember 3 at 5. A tongue 10 is struck out of the plate 4 forapproximately onehalf of its length and provided with a humpintermediate the ends of same as at 11, the purpose of which will bebetter understood as the description follows.

When the members 3 and 4 are secured to the edge of the garment and sameis ready to be fastened, the plate 4 carrying the tongue 10 is placedbetween the U-shaped member 3, the upwardly flared end 8 acting as aguide for the plate 4. When the plate 4 has extended within the U-shapedmember a sufficient distance the hump 11 of the tongue 10 enters theaperture 7, thus firmly locking the two members together. When it isdesired to unfasten the garment, pressure is exerted against theunderside of the flared end 8, which permits the upper portion 6 of theU-shaped member to be raised a sufficient distance to allow the plate 4along with the hump 11 to be withdrawn.

While I have shown and described the preferred form of my garmentfastener, I realize that various minor changes may be resorted to,without departing from the and therefore, I

spirit and scope of the invention as claimed,

do not wish to limit myself to the exact details of construction shown,nor to the combination and arrangement of parts.

What I claim as new and by Letters Patent is:

1. In a garment fastener, rable members,

desire to secure a pair of sepaone of said members approximatelyU-shaped and having an aperture formed in one leg of the same, the

second member comprising a plate having the second member comprising aplate having a tongue struck therefrom and provided with a humpintermediate its ends, said plate and tongue adapted to be slidablebetween said U-shaped member, said hump of said tongue adapted to bereceived in said aperture of the U-shaped member for locking saidmembers together, and one end of said U-shaped member formed with athumb grip whereby the members may be readily disengaged.

3. A garment fastener of the class described comprising two separablemembers, one of said members consisting of a single piece of resilientmetal bent to provide a U and having an aperture formed therein, thesecond member consisting of a. Hat plate having one end adapted to besecured to the fold of a garment, said plate having a tongue strucktherefrom for approximately one-half of its length and provided with ahump intermediate the ends thereof for engaging the aperture formed inthe first mentioned plate for locking the members together.

In testimony whereof, I have afiixed my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

IRA D. lVAGN ER. Vitnesses SAM lVALTEn, BERTHA BoGUsLAw.

